Developing entrepreneurial thinking and mindset has recently been on the agenda of the EU policy makers and is a matt er of educators' concern. Traditi onal approaches to entrepreneurial educati on fail to address the ambiguiti es of the entrepreneurial process. This paper sets out to explore the learning processes that contribute to developing an entrepreneurial mindset for transformati onal entrepreneurship. Transformati onal entrepreneurship refers to a capability and an intended acti on

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... rds creati ng change in the life of an entrepreneur and organizati on which contributes to societal changes and is characterized by the emergence of a new qualitati ve dimension of possibiliti es (Staff as, 2017). In order to promote transformati onal entrepreneurship, a parti cualar adult learning model known as Transformati ve Learning Circles was elaborated by Nordic Network for Adult Learning with the support of Nordic Council of Ministers. This arti cle is based on the study of the pilot implementati on of the TLC model in the context of Nordic countries. The fi ndings reveal that learning processes promoti ng entrepreneurial mindsets for transformati onal entrepreneurship occur in three parti cular phases: 1) framing the praxis; 2) amplifying the frame of reference; and 3) reinterpreti ng the praxis. The study extends current knowledge about entrepreneurial learning in two ways. First, it links the key factors infl uencing entrepreneurial learning to concrete learning processes facilitati ng the development of an entrepreneurial mindset for transformati ve entrepreneurship. Second, it illustrates how these key factors may be uti lized together in one learning model reinforcing the learning and transformati ve eff ect.